¹⁰ so that you may live a life worthy^(A) of the Lord and please him^(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,^{(C) 11} being strengthened with all power^(D) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,^{(E) 12} and giving joyful thanks to the Father,^(F) who has qualified you^[a] to share in the inheritance^(G) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.^{(H) 13} For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(I) and brought us into the kingdom^(J) of the Son he loves,^{(K) 14} in whom we have redemption,^(L) the forgiveness of sins.^(M)

The Supremacy of the Son of God

¹⁵ The Son is the image^(N) of the invisible God,^(O) the firstborn^(P) over all creation. ¹⁶ For in him all things were created:^(Q) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;^(R) all things have been created through him and for him.^{(S) 17} He is before all things,^(T) and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸ And he is the head^(U) of the body, the church;^(V) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(W) from among the dead,^(X) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹ For God was pleased^(Y) to have all his fullness^(Z) dwell in him, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile^(AA) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,^(AB) by making peace^(AC) through his blood,^(AD) shed on the cross.

Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty

¹⁵ You know that everyone in the province of Asia^(A) has deserted me,^(B) including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶ May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,^(C) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed^(D) of my chains.^{(E) 17} On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.